I used to follow Ann Voskamp's Joy Dare rather regularly,,, and it kept in a very uplifted spirit.. I need to find that Spirit again! When I do the dare activity I added the items to my 1000 gifts from her book,, her first book I ever read!
Last week I added some to my count so I will continue from her Joy calendar which now is a bit different.. the theme this month is
"The Art of Really Living and Giving"
In an effort to pay it forward it is suggested that as a form of finding joy in our life we consider filling out the surveys as they come our way...my surveys come from UVA Medical Center and I willingly do so... UVA MC is the greatest!!
819.Ann suggested this week one way to pay it forward is to be a joyful person.. So I have tried to be very pleasant and smile every I meet and i have do this this week. Some Biblical truths on smiling are:
“Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
“Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.”
“Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.”
Doing this has been a great blessing to me!!!
820. Another way to pay it forward was listed as : to make up a couple of freezer meals for a friend so is having a hard time.. I do- a dear friend who just lost her husband could surely use some freezer meals at this time... ON my to-do list tomorrow. I cannot think of a better form of sacrifice of time and love for our brothers and sisters!
821. Today I also intend to make it a NO-Complaint day, and when I feel a complaint coming on, I will turn it into a blessing! I confess I started out today trying this and for me it is a hard on.. I fear I can be a complainer and I was complaining about nuisance robot phone calls before 9am.. I think we had already had 3 of them! I'll try for a NO-Complaint Day next week!
I probably would if I had one!
822. Over this weekend I intend to clean out our bedroom.. to be a GIFT to ourselves!!!! If I get it done, I will send photos next week!
823.Next week there is a great gift to share planned for midweek. I have just recently relocated my best friend from HS She lives in the next county actually in the same neighborhood where my best friend while teaching lived so I know the area well!
The plan is to call and take her for coffee and a scone..I pray it all works out!!
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